When did Baku Baku release?

Baku Baku was first released on April 1, 1995.

Baku Baku

Apr 1, 1995PuzzleArcadeArcadePC (Microsoft Windows)Sega Saturn Sega Master System/Mark III Sega Game Gear

Baku Baku — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Baku Baku on?: Baku Baku was released on Arcade, PC (Microsoft Windows), Sega Saturn, Sega Master System/Mark III, Sega Game Gear, Mobile.
When did Baku Baku release?: Baku Baku was first released on April 1, 1995.

About Baku Baku

The player must line up falling blocks of animals and foodstuffs. When an animal is aligned adjacent to a tile of its favoured food, the animal eats the food. Larger groups of connected food of the same type scores higher when eaten. When animals eat foodstuffs, they also make random blocks fall on the opponent's area, right after the currently falling blocks. The object of the game is to make one's opponent not be able to place more blocks.

Summary via IGDB.

Baku Baku on Wikipedia

Baku Baku, released in Japan as Baku Baku Animal, is a 1995 puzzle video game developed and published by Sega for Japanese arcades. It was later ported to the Sega Saturn, Game Gear, and Microsoft Windows, with the latter version being Sega's first network-compatible PC game. A Sega NetLink-compatible version of the game was also announced, but never released. The Japanese onomatopoeia "Baku Baku" roughly translates to "Chomp chomp".

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Platforms: Arcade, PC (Microsoft Windows), Sega Saturn, Sega Master System/Mark III, Sega Game Gear, Mobile
Developer: Sega AM3
Publisher: Sega Entertainment
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

75/100

from 7 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Fake risk
Sega Master System	1996	—	$232	—	Medium (look-alike)

Also released on: Arcade · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Sega Saturn · Sega Master System/Mark III · Sega Game Gear · Mobile. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Sega Master System · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-28

Loose

—

Complete

$232

Sealed

—

How often it sells

Loose: rarely — fewer than one recorded sale a year
Complete: about 2 times a year
Sealed: about once a year

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-28.

Price over time

A complete copy sold for about $145 in Jan 2023, and $232 as of Oct 2026.

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Month	Complete
Jan 2023	$145
Jan 2024	$145
Jan 2025	$145
Jan 2026	$312
Oct 2026	$232

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Product number
Brazil	1996	025.470

Source: Product numbers: MAME's Master System software list and the No-Intro serial records in the libretro database, published only where both agree on the same cartridge dump; Japanese numbers also checked against Sega Japan's software list. Board and ROM numbers: MAME's software list

Region: BR
Released: 1996
Authenticity: Med

Modern re-releases, such as Sega Ages and Virtual Console, are not tracked hereMedium look-alike risk

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A Brazil-only puzzle cart from Tec Toy, an arcade puzzle game squeezed onto Sega's 8-bit console.

Baku Baku is a puzzle game that Sega released in Japanese arcades in 1995, and it was later ported to the Saturn, Game Gear and Windows. The Master System version was published by Tec Toy in Brazil in 1996. The name comes from the Japanese word for the sound of chomping.

Also on other platforms

Arcade · Sega Saturn · Game Gear · Windows · Mobile

Sega Saturn. Maximum called the Saturn version the best next-generation puzzle game to date.
Game Gear. Electronic Gaming Monthly's four reviewers found the Game Gear version simple and accessible with enough strategy for veterans.
Windows. The Windows version was Sega's first network-compatible PC game.

Before you buy

This is the Brazilian Tec Toy cartridge, an official release. It is a valuable enough cart to check carefully, so ask for a photo of the board before paying. Check that the manual is there, since it is the part most often missing from a complete copy.